Netflix’s ambitious new 3 Body Problem sci-fi series might have started slow, but that doesn’t make it any less one of the streaming service’s most meaningful additions to its catalog of timeless original hit productions. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss took a huge risk by choosing to adapt Liu Cixin’s famously unadaptable book series Remembrance […]
The Lincoln Highway, Table for Two, and A Gentleman In Moscow were a few of the books written by Amor Towles. The latter became a huge bestseller, with 2 million copies sold and a long stay on the New York Times bestseller list. Set in 1922, it tells the story of Count Alexander Rostov who
If you imagine screenwriter/filmmaker Jonathan Nolan spending hours playing Fallout 3, the 2008 video game of the year, then you have an idea of how much love went into adapting “the best video game franchise of all time.” It took him more than a decade — from The Dark Knight Rises to Westworld — before
Sasquatch Sunset might be the most bizarre movie you ever see. The Zellner brothers, who are surrealists by trade, do a deep dive into Bigfoot legends with equal parts absurdity, heart and a dark commentary on man’s destruction of nature. There is no dialogue or three-act structure to speak of; rather, this cast grunts and
In a divided border town, a Mexican woman escaping violence and an ICE agent find themselves drawn together. The Absence of Eden is unflinching in its portrayal of human trafficking and the exploitation of undocumented people — as well as the different reactions from those in charge of keeping order. In his feature debut, writer/director
Writer/director Brittany Show (the Pitch Perfect films, Hairspray) pulls the creative ripcord in Parachute – her feature film debut behind the camera – and sticks the landing. The result is a refreshingly honest, compassionate, and thought-provoking story about addiction and codependency. Parachute is a beautiful achievement from Snow and some excellent indie filmmaking to boot.
The First Omen, which recently premiered — although it is not to be confused with it because of its equal impact — this indie film that was called Omen (or Augure in French, which means ‘oracle’ or ‘soothsayer’) when it was originally named. A Congolese man who is doomed returns to his roots with his
Sex is a profitable business. Sports are also a good business. What about retro EDM? It can\’t hurt. All this is part of Italian film director Luca Guadagnino\’s new erotic tennis drama Challengers. It is a raunchy feel-good movie that knows it is very good right from the beginning. Even before we see the iconic
A father tries to protect his teenage sons in a world destroyed by an apocalypse and filled with terrifying creatures, this is the familiar premise of Arcadian: but it takes that idea and runs with it. I have to give credit where it’s due; Director Ben Brewer and screenwriter Michael Nilon manage to come up
The Beast might as well be referred to as a slow twisting knife into the side of our existence, sharpened to a point by Bertrand Bonello and wielded with surgical precision so as not to nick any vital organs — we’re alive, but definitely hurting. Indeed, placing itself at a time when humanity is its
